Plato (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Bates, Frank A.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 144006962X ISBN 13 : 9781440069628

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Explore how Socratic ethics, the structure of the mind, and ancient cosmology interlock across Plato’s dialogues.

This concise study surveys how Plato moves beyond Socrates to a richer psychology and a more complex view of the cosmos, showing how moral life, thought, and the heavens fit together in the dialogues. In clear, accessible prose, the author traces the evolution from Socratic virtue as knowledge to a three-part theory of the soul, and how this bildungsroman of thought informs Plato’s later discussions of ethics and the natural world. It highlights key dialogues and the way each contributes to a unified view of mind, action, and the order of the universe.

• How virtue can be analyzed and redefined through Socratic dialogue and its limits
• The move from a unitary to a multi-part view of the soul—reason, appetite, and spirit
• Connections between ethics, psychology, and cosmology across the Republic, Timaeus, Protagoras, and more

Ideal for readers of philosophy looking for a cohesive account of Plato’s ethical and psychological ideas as they appear across his most influential dialogues.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Excerpt from Plato

The following sketch makes no claim to be considered as a complete account of the philosophy of Plato. Many topics of importance have been omitted altogether, and others only treated with the utmost attainable brevity. I have also thought it necessary to avoid, as far as possible, all controversial discussion, and have therefore in many cases followed my own judgment on disputable points without attempting to support it by the detailed reasoning which would be indispensable in a work of larger scope. My object has been to sit as loose as possible to all the traditional expositions of Platonism, and to give in broad outline the personal impression of the philosopher's thought which I have derived from repeated study of the Platonic text.

Those who are the most competent to condemn the numerous defects of my little book will, I hope, be also most indulgent in their verdict on an attempt to compress into so small a compass an account of the most original and influential of all philosophies.

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 144006962X
• ISBN 13: 9781440069628
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 163
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